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SUMMARY:Apartheid as a crime against humanity
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DESCRIPTION:About this talk\nApartheid is defined in international law as 
 a crime against humanity\, but it also cuts across a number of areas of in
 ternational law beyond international criminal law\, to include internation
 al human rights law\, international humanitarian law\, and international r
 efugee law. The crime against humanity of apartheid is defined in two trea
 ties: the Apartheid Convention (1973) and the ICC Statute (1998). While th
 ese treaties largely converge in the way they define the crime of aparthei
 d as a system\, their scope and substance differ. \n\nScholars disagree on
  the meaning to be attributed to its core provisions: What is a racial gro
 up? What does domination mean? What is systematic oppression? What is the 
 status of the crime in customary international law? How have states partie
 s to these treaties sought to give effect to their obligations to prosecut
 e the crime in their domestic legal systems? What are the challenges of ap
 plying the crime of apartheid to situations beyond South Africa or\, for e
 xample\, invoking it as a ground for individuals claiming asylum owing to 
 a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race or nationality
  under the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol? In this presenta
 tion\, Dr Kattan will seek to answer these questions by providing a brief 
 overview of the preliminary findings of his OUP monograph on apartheid as 
 a crime against humanity.\n\nAbout the speaker\nDr. Victor Kattan is Assis
 tant Professor in Public International Law at the University of Nottingham
  School of Law where he is the deputy director of the Nottingham Internati
 onal Law and Security Centre. From 2026-2027\, he will be the Smuts Visiti
 ng Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge where he is completing h
 is Oxford University Press monograph on apartheid as a crime against human
 ity. His previous works include: From Coexistence to Conquest: Internation
 al Law and the Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1891-1949 (Pluto Press
 \, 2009)\; Making Endless War: The Vietnam and Arab-Israeli Conflicts in t
 he History of International Law (Michigan University Press\, 2023\, with B
 rian Cuddy)\; and The Breakup of India and Palestine: The Causes and Legac
 ies of Partition (Manchester University Press\, 2023\, with Amit Ranjan).\
 n\nThe seminar will be followed by drinks in the Hall.\nRegistration not r
 equired.
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LOCATION:Queen Elizabeth House - Seminar Room 1\, Seminar Room 1 Queen Eli
 zabeth House 4 Mansfield Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3TB United Kingdom
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